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eighth cranial nerve

DEFINITIONS OF: eighth cranial nerve

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n a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea

Synonyms:
acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve
Type of:
cranial nerve
any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
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